Lenovo's Bendable Tablet Is One Heck of a Prototype

Bendable tablets and smartphones are something of a myth of consumer technology. Big companies are always talking about them and showing off demos, but they never make it to store shelves. Samsung, for instance, been promising a bendable smartphone for years and we still havent seen one. Now in a new hands-on video with one of Lenovo's latest attempts at the idea, we can see how far the tech has come, even if it's still years away from being buyable.

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Called the Folio, this tablet concept (with unfortunately no plans for consumer release...yet) is one we've heard before. When you want to do tablet-y things, you can make use of the Folio's big 7.8-inch screen. But if you need something more pocket-friendly, you can actually fold the tablet into a 5.5-inch phone.

The Folio runs on a Snapdragon 800 processor, which is a few years old, and a 1920x1440 screen—pretty good, but not great. The real stunner is some of the other things a foldable screen allows you to. In the video, a Lenovo spokesperson shows how the Folio can transform into a camera where the subject can actually see the composition before you snap the photo.

Of course, a great first step would be creating a foldable phone people could actually buy, turning myth into technological legend.

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